Water-regulator



E. G. OFELDT.

WATER REGULATOR.

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Patented July 3, 1917.

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ERNEST G. OFELDT, OF NYAGK, NEW YORK.

WATER-REGULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Application filed September 30, 1916. Serial No. 123,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST G. OFELDT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Nyack, in the county of Rockland and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Water-Regulators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in Water regulators, and moreparticularly to the valve structure,one object of the invention being toso construct a valve structure for water regulators that the same willoperate to keep its seat clean, and so that the accurate seating of thevalve shall be insured without depending upon true alinement of someother movable part or fixed guiding means.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a waterregulator embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of thevalve.

1 represents a casing provided with suitable parts for connection with aboiler, and with an inlet opening 2, the wall of the latter beingthreaded for the accommodation of a nipple 3. This nipple is made withan intermediate collar 4 and with threaded end portions 5 and 6,thethreaded portion 6 being adapted to receive a suitable water supplyconnection (not shown) and the threaded portion 5 passing through theopening 2 of the casing. The free end of the portion 5 of the nippleforms a seat 7 for a valve 8. This valve comprises a disk 9, from thecenter of which a conical portion copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the 10 depends so that it may enterthe bore of the nipple and become seated on the seat 7 The valve 8 isnot secured to any part of the regulator but is free to be rotated andoscillated by the action of the flowing water, so that it will thusoperate to keep the seat 7 clean at all times and insure the perfect andaccurate seating of said valve.

The fiat face of the valve rests freely against the flat face of aweight 11 carried by one end of a lever 12. This lever is pivotallysupported at 13 and the weight 11 (which is intended to counterbalanceaball float 14 at the other end of the lever) mav consist of a boxfilled with heavy materia such as lead and the pivotal mounting of thelever may be located at one end of this box or weight.

It is apparent that the lever 12 will be caused to oscillate by thechanging level of the water within the casing and in consequence ofthese movements of the lever, the valve will be opened and closed.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto-secure by Letters-Patent, is

In a water regulator, the combination with acasing, a nipple enteringthe same and having a valve seat at its inner end and a float leverpivotally mounted in said casing and having a weight at one end, of afreely movable valve comprising a disk resting freely against theunder-face of said weight and a conical portion to enter the nipple andto engage the seat at the inner end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST o. OFELDT.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH GALBRAITH, CHARLES KLEIN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

